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Rocks and Geology MatchUp
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Click on a top box, then click on its match below. Or, drag a top box and drop it onto the correct match. Match all pairs before clicking ‘Check’.
granite
bauxite
nutrients
fertilisers
shale
coal
limestone
slate
diamond
gabbro
mineral
pumice
graphite
A sedimentary rock that is burned in power plants to generate electricity
A sedimentary rock that is used to make glass, paper, cement... and chewing gum!
An igneous rock used in construction as well as for gravestones, monuments and kitchen worktops
An igneous, porous (full of holes) rock that is used to make emery boards to file your nails with or to remove rough skin
An igneous rock crushed to make concrete or to be used as ballast beneath railway tracks
A sedimentary rock which may contain fossils that is used to make bricks and cement
A sedimentary rock from which aluminium is extracted to make ladders
A metamorphic rock which forms distinct layers and can be used for roofing tiles
A very resistant rock used to make jewellery as well as being used in drills, audio equipment and for engraving
A form of carbon that is used in the manufacture of pencils, batteries... and nuclear reactor cores!
A natural compound found in rock
Chemicals, compost, and manure that are added to soil to make them more productive are called...
Substances that must be taken in by all living things if they are to grow and thrive